Day 4 - Our last day

• From Medellin to Honda...

When we got up, we went to breakfast as usual and then we went back to Honda City. Honda is a town and municipality located in the northern Colombian department of Tolima in central Colombia. It borders the departments of Cundinamarca and Caldas.

Honda is one of the oldest cities in Colombia, was discovered by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Sebastian and Nicolas de Federman Belalcázar along with Captain Antonio Lebrija and Juan de San Martin in early June 1539.

In Honda constructions are several hostels where you can enjoy: guided tourism, agrotourism, acuaturism, and ecotourism.

At Honda we can see colonial architecture, such as: Traps Street, Navarro bridge (which has over 100 years), the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora del Rosario and the marketplace, among others.

Photo: City of Honda

When we arrived to Honda, we went to lunch in the Sun and Joy Park. 

Sun and Joy Park has different aquatic attractions, warm and tropical with 6 pools, 6 waterslides, wave pool, two swimming pools with children's slide, beach volleyball court, boutique, 3 restaurants, 1 snack foods, and BBQ Restaurant.

Photo: Sun and Joy Park

Photo: Sun and Joy Park

• and from Honda to Bogota

The experience was so cool, this trip taught me many things but the best thing was that when my mom was waiting for me outside the bus to give me a big hug.

Day 3 - Another day in Antioquia...

• Peñol Stone and Guatapé

We got up after the long day yesterday and as usual we went to breakfast at 6:00 am, and then went to the Stone of Peñol.

The Located 70 kilometers from Medellin and great internal staircase has 702 steps, the Stone of Peñol is the most visited by Antioquia. The stone or Rock of Guatape Peñol is a monolith of 220 meters located in Guatape (Antioquia, Colombia); the Guatape Stone, composed of quartz, feldspar and mica, was climbing.

Photo: Peñol Stone and Reservoir

The story says that the Peñol Stone, was an element of worship for Indians in ancient times inhabited the region, and during the colonial period were developed such famous legends like the devil who tried to take it several times, it's credited the large crack that had at the foot of the western side.

Photo: Guatape City

Guatapé is a municipality of Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. It´s bordered on the north by the municipality of Alexandria, on the east by the municipality of San Rafael, on the south by the municipalities of Granada and the Peñol and on the west by the Peñol.

Photo: Guatapé Streets

The Municipality of Guatapé has great potential to exploit religious tourism, agrotourism, ecotourism, culture and adventure. Among the most representative cultural elements of the municipality are the baseboards, which many were made in the early years of the twentieth century, and still preserved in the fronts of houses in the village.

The Peñol-Guatapé Reservoir is located in the eastern Colombian Antioquia, it's property of Public Enterprises Medellin. Its construction was necessary to demolish the town of El Peñol as well as various rural housing, both in the Peñol as Guatapé, was built in two stages (the first completed in 1972 and the second in 1979).

Day 2 - Discovering an incredible department.

• Visit to Santa Fe de Antioquia - West Bridge and Tunnel

Our adventure started early today, from 6:30 am and then we ate a delicious breakfast, we jumped on the bus for the tour of the beautiful town of Santa Fe de Antioquia.

Santa Fe de Antioquia is a municipality of Colombia, located in the west of the Department of Antioquia . It was the capital of the department until April 17, 1826. It bordered on the north by the municipalities of Giraldo and Buritica, the east with the municipalities of Olaya and Sopetran, on the south by the municipalities of Ebéjico, Anza and Caicedo, and on the west by the municipalities of Caicedo, Abriaquí and Giraldo. Santa Fe is a national monument by beautiful colonial architecture and has 8 churches and many houses of the XVI, XVII and XVIII centuries. The climate of Santa Fe de Antioquia is tropical, wet, typical of the Cauca River Valley, because of its low height and its location close to the equator. The temperature at that location is 28 ° C approx .

Photo: City of Santa Fe de Antioquia

Then when we make a trip around the village, we could see several things: fresh air through the streets of the city and its surroundings, as antiquarian visited the Casa Solariega, located next to the church of Santa Barbara and stayed at the Museum Juan del Corral, this is the jewel of Santa Fe de Antioquia, is't a place full of history and unique pieces such as the table of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of Antioquia. Another place we hit was The Cathedral of the town, is a place of spirituality that invite to renew our faith.

We also stayed at the Puente de Occidente. Within the limits of the towns of Santa Fe de Antioquia and Olaya, it's one of the tourist treasures of Antioquia and was one of the most ambitious megaprojects Colombian engineering. It's a suspension bridge of 291 m. crossing the river Cauca. This construction started in 1887 and ended in 1895. The designer and builder of the bridge was one of the most recognized Antioquia in our history: José María Villa, that after building the Puente de Occidente, he traveled to United States and worked in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

                                                               
                                                         

  Visit to Parque Explora and Pueblito Paisa.
  Our lunch was accompanied by typical regional tamales, arepas in callana , the original church patties and a delicious tamarind juice, to went with much happiness our way to Parque Explora.

The more select sample of freshwater fish and saltwater is in Medellin for years, specifically at the Aquarium of Parque Explor , which in its 24 tanks carefully 3,800 exhibits colorful and diverse aquatic animals. Coral reefs, sea stars, lion fish, venomous Indo-Pacific species, among other interesting species we saw our journey through the nine tanks of seawater or brackish water.

 Then we went through the streets of Medellin in goatee and then went to eat at the    Pueblito Paisa. El Pueblito Paisa is a typical representation of people of Antioquia early  twentieth century. It was built on the summit of Cerro Nutibara which has a height of  80m.

 Then we finally went to the hotel to rest for the next day of our incredible trip.

  Photo: Santa Fe de Antioquia

Photo: Parque Explora

Photo: Pueblito Paisa

Day 1 - The beginning of an unforgettable experience...

• Breakfast Doradal Township:

     Photo: Municipality of Puerto Triunfo - Antioquia

Once the trip, we crossed the Cundinamarca department by Medellín highway, we arrived at around 9:30 am to  Doradal, for breakfast.

Doradal is a township located in the town of Puerto Triunfo, Antioquia in the Magdalena Medio. 

Doradal name arose because the creek of the same name, rich in fish species Picuda and Dorada.

The temperature when we arrived was 28 ° C approx.                                                            

Doradal is a tourist spot because there are Hacienda Napoles, Doradal Photo: Village, Claro River Canyon, The Gruta The Condor and The Spa San Juan. Typical heated rich breakfast Antioquia, chocolate and bread.

• Lunch at River Canyon Nature Reserve Clear

We started our journey back to the city of Medellin and we arrived  to Canyon Nature Reserve Rio Claro, at 12:30 m. 

The waters of Río Claro are transparent and have a path formed by marble slabs that produces green overtones. In the river, tourists can swim and enjoy activities such as rafting, kayaking and canopy.

After a delicious fish lunch, we did a tour of the caves and we had a nice  walk through  by the nature at Quebrada La Mulata.

Photo: Río Claro - Antioquia

Photo: Río Claro - Antioquia
   

At about 3:00 in the afternoon we started our journey back to Medellín. We arrived at the hotel Antioquia Tropical at 7:00p.m. After settling into the room, we went to eat and rest to be ready for the next day.